X&Y (album)

X&Y
X&Y
Studio album by Coldplay
Released	6 June 2005
Recorded	January 2004 – January 2005
Studio	AIR (London); Parr Street (Liverpool); CRC (Chicago); Sarm West (London); Townhouse (London); Hit Factory (New York City);
Genre	Alternative rock; space rock;
Length	62:30
Label	Parlophone; Capitol;
Producer	Danton Supple; Ken Nelson; Coldplay;
Coldplay chronology
Singles from X&Y
	"Speed of Sound"; Released: 19 April 2005; "Fix You"; Released: 5 September 2005; "Talk"; Released: 19 December 2005; "The Hardest Part"; Released: 3 April 2006;

X&Y is the third studio album by the British rock band Coldplay, and was released on 6 June 2005 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and a day later by Capitol in the United States.

Track listing

X track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Square One"	4:47
2.	"What If"	4:57
3.	"White Shadows"	5:28
4.	"Fix You"	4:54
5.	"Talk"	5:11
6.	"X&Y"	4:34

Y track listing
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Speed of Sound"	4:48
8.	"A Message"	4:45
9.	"Low"	5:32
10.	"The Hardest Part"	4:25
11.	"Swallowed in the Sea"	3:58
12.	"Twisted Logic"	5:01

Hidden track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Til Kingdom Come"	4:10
Total length:		62:30

Japanese edition first pressing bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"How You See the World"	4:04
Total length:		66:34

Notes

"Twisted Logic" ends at 4:31 on physical editions, followed by 30 seconds of silence. This is omitted on the streaming version.
"Til Kingdom Come" is labelled solely as "+" in the liner notes.

Sample credits

"Talk" contains a sample of "Computer Love" (written by Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos and Emil Schult).

Tour edition DVD

Released to promote the album during Twisted Logic Tour's visit to Australia, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Includes all the single B-sides and music videos on a bonus DVD.

Audio only section
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Things I Don't Understand"	4:55
2.	"Proof"	4:10
3.	"The World Turned Upside Down"	4:33
4.	"Pour Me" (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)	5:01
5.	"Sleeping Sun"	3:09
6.	"Gravity"	6:18

Audiovisual section
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Speed of Sound" (video)	4:28
2.	"Fix You" (video)	4:54
3.	"Talk" (video)	4:58
4.	"The Hardest Part" (video)	4:51
5.	"X&Y Track-by-track interview"	16:02

↑ Wild, Debs; Croft, Malcolm (2018). Life In Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay. ECW. p. 94. ISBN 9781787391093.
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "X&Y – Coldplay". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (November 7, 2015). "All Hail Disco Coldplay". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2025. X&Y is the best sounding ambient-space-rock album anyone could ask for; Viva la Vida is the best sounding fake revolution on CD; "Adventure of a Lifetime" is the best sounding psychedelic four-on-the-floor document of life after conscious uncoupling imaginable.
↑ "Coldplay Hits No. 1 on All 15 iTunes Stores". Billboard. 22 April 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

[1] Wild, Debs; Croft, Malcolm (2018). Life In Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay. ECW. p. 94. ISBN 9781787391093.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "X&Y – Coldplay". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

[Genres-3] Kornhaber, Spencer (November 7, 2015). "All Hail Disco Coldplay". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2025. X&Y is the best sounding ambient-space-rock album anyone could ask for; Viva la Vida is the best sounding fake revolution on CD; "Adventure of a Lifetime" is the best sounding psychedelic four-on-the-floor document of life after conscious uncoupling imaginable.

[4] "Coldplay Hits No. 1 on All 15 iTunes Stores". Billboard. 22 April 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

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